The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-08-06
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 'So you are engaged to be married, and to Prussian captain, too?" said Olga.
 "Yes, my dear Marie, and we are to be married some time this fall"
 "How in the world did you come to make his acquaintance? Were the circumstances very romantic?"
 "No, there was nothing very TO- mantle with my becoming acquainted with Lieutenant Hoffman, but the circumstances were very funny. have laughed over them a hundred times. However, will tell you pre- cisely how it occurred, and you can judge for yourself"
 "I am all ears. You have no idea how delight to listen to love stories. "
 "You see last summer we took trip to Carlesbad for the benefit of pas health. Pa has grown very stout of late, and he had to go there in order to reduce his weight thirty or forty pounds. At first he wanted to go by himself. He said he didn't need to take any of us along in order to fall in flesh, but ma took all that foolish ness out of his head"
 "What selfish man your pa must be not to want to take you with him. "
 Well, he had to take us with him anyhow. This was the first time we had ever been anywhere, and you can have no idea how excited we were, I and my sister. We were excited be- fore we left home. We were still more excited during the trip, and when we got there I hardly knew whether I stood on my head or on my heels."
 "How did you like hotel life at the watering placer"
 "We were too much excited to know what we liked or disliked. 1 and my sister Caroline had small room all to ourselves, and we stayed awake half the first night talking about the wonderful sights we ex- pected to see and the wonderful people with whom we might become acquainted"
 "You were thinking about the lieutenant then, 1 suppose"
 How could I be thinking about him when had never seen him in my life. That night I had the strangest dream it was possible for anybody to have, owing, suppose, to my excite ment. l dreamed that fell into the water, and was almost drowned, and that big, stout man saved my lite. Then l dreamed that the hotel was on fire. imagined that could hear the people calling fire! firen"
 "Then you dreamt that the lieu tenant came to your rescue"
 You keep still about my ieuten- ant. Pll tell you about him after a while. heard the call of fire so plain ly, that when l awoke 1 was fully puTsuaded that the house was really on fire. Jumped up without think ing about Caroline. rushed into the hall to save myself. I could neither hear nor zee anything. There was no sign of fire. The only sound I could hear was the beating of my own heart. then understood that was deceived by dream"
 "But my dear Marie, when are you going to tell me about the lieuten- ant?"
 "You seem to be very anxious to hear about him. Can't you have pa- tience? The next thing was to get back into my room. I felt along the wall until got to the door, opened it, and as was shivering from cold, l said to Caroline Will you throw me a shawl?' A deep voice that never could have been Caroline's replied 1: Certainly, with pleasure I screamed, because knew that l was i'm strange room. Fortunately, had the door handle in my hand. got out as fast as I could. Fortunately, remem- bered that our door was next to the stairs. 1 was glad to get into my room, and how my sister Caroline made fun of me. It was perfectly shameful, but she promised not to tell anybody about it."
 "Not even the lieuteDant!"
 "For three days never moved out of my room for fear that should meet that man with the deep voice. l pretended to be sick. Pa wanted to send for doctor, but refused to le: him. was SO nervous that I jumped when the door was closed. At last, Caroline said that if didn't come out of the room she would tell on me, % l had to go down to tho dinner table. All the faces at the table were strange to me. There was sitting alongside of me big, broad-shouldered onicer with handsome features, and such a handsome beard"
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